Genclerbirligi vs Kasimpasa - prediction, team news, lineups

Both seeking to prime up a immense effect successful the relegation dogfight, Genclerbirligi and Kasimpasa spell caput to caput astatine the Eryaman Stadium successful the penultimate circular of the Turkish Super Lig connected Saturday.

With their Turkiye Kupasi semi-final clash against Trabzonspor connected the horizon, the location broadside volition besides beryllium retired for a morale-boosting result, with Kasimpasa needing a constituent to confirm their safety.

Match preview

Following what seemed similar a resurgent spell down the decisive agelong of the season, Genclerbirligi suffered a important setback astatine the Ataturk Olympic Stadium past Sunday erstwhile they were beaten 1-0 by chap strugglers Fatih Karagumruk successful a large stroke to their endurance hopes.

Tiago Cukur broke the deadlock with a header wrong the container successful the 17th infinitesimal to enactment Karagumruk successful front, and aft Metehan Mimaroglu failed to level matters from the punishment spot connected the changeable of fractional time, the hosts held their ain aft the interruption to spot retired conscionable their sixth league triumph of the campaign.

Genclerbirligi had picked up back-to-back victories successful their erstwhile 2 outings, beating Galatasaray 2-0 to origin an upset successful the Turkiye Kupasi quarter-finals connected April 22, 4 days earlier edging retired Kocaelispor 1-0 connected location turf to unafraid their archetypal league triumph since February 1.

Making their instrumentality to the Super Lig this play since going down successful 2021, Metin Diyadin’s men person struggled to enforce themselves successful the large leagues erstwhile again, claiming 7 wins and losing 18 of their 32 matches to beryllium 16th successful the standings, 1 constituent down 15th-placed Antalyaspor conscionable supra the relegation zone.

Next up is the situation of an opposing side, who are unbeaten successful 7 of their past 10 encounters, picking up 5 wins and 2 draws since losing 3 consecutive meetings betwixt April 2015 and February 2016.

On the different hand, Kasimpasa failed to mathematically seal their information past play arsenic they were held to a 1-1 gully by Kocaelispor when the 2 sides squared disconnected astatine the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium.

Having won their erstwhile 3 location games, Adrian Benedyczak opened the scoring from adjacent scope successful the 2nd infinitesimal to enactment the hosts connected people for a 4th triumph connected the rotation successful beforehand of their supporters, but Dan Agyei deed backmost for Kocaelispor successful the 23rd infinitesimal to unit a stock of the spoils.

With that result, Kasimpasa person gone unbeaten successful six of their 8 Super Lig matches since the commencement of March, picking up 3 wins and 3 draws, having failed to triumph 10 of the 11 league games preceding this run.

This coagulated tally of results has enactment Emre Belozoglu’s men connected the cusp of safety, arsenic they beryllium 13th successful the Super Lig standings with 32 points from 32 matches, 4 points supra the dreaded bottommost 3 heading into the last 2 matches.

While Kasimpasa volition beryllium looking to instrumentality to winning ways this weekend, results connected the roadworthy connection small country for optimism, with the Istanbul outfit failing to sensation triumph successful their past 9 distant matches, losing 5 and claiming 4 draws since scraping a 2-1 triumph implicit Alanyaspor connected November 23.

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Team News

Genclerbirligi volition instrumentality to the transportation without the midfield duo of Peter Etebo and 28-year-old Moussa Kyabou, who are recuperating from musculus and genu injuries respectively.

Turkish defender Abdullah Sahindere has been sidelined done a genu occupation portion experienced guardant Henry Onyekuru has missed the past 4 matches and is besides retired of contention for the hosts.

As for Kasimpasa, seasoned defender Claudio Winck was forced disconnected injured precocious successful the crippled against Kocaelispor past clip retired and the 32-year-old is simply a large uncertainty for this weekend’s tie.

Should helium neglect to shingle disconnected the injury, Dutch full-back Frimpong volition instrumentality to the fold, forming the backmost 4 with Adem Arous, Kamil Corekci and 30-year-old Rodrigo Becao, who missed the gully with Kocaelispor owed to suspension.

Gabonese striker Jim Allevinah is besides acceptable to beryllium retired his 4th consecutive game, portion Bosnian midfielder Haris Hajradinovic continues his lengthy spell connected the sidelines aft suffering a genu wounded backmost successful September 2025.

Genclerbirligi imaginable starting lineup:

Velho; Uzum, Goutas, Kelven, Dursun; Diabate, Onur; Traore, Tongya, Koita; Mimarogl

Kasimpasa imaginable starting lineup:

Gianniotis; Frimpong, Arous, Becao, Corekci; Baldursson, Cafu; Ouanes, Diabate, Kahveci; Benedyczak

We say: Genclerbirligi 2-1 Kasimpasa

Having failed to triumph 7 of their past 10 meetings betwixt the 2 teams, Genclerbirligi cognize they person different pugnacious situation connected their hands this play arsenic they look to enactment afloat.

Diyadin’s men volition gully assurance from Kasimpasa’s distant woes arsenic they instrumentality to the Eryaman Stadium, wherever they person mislaid conscionable 3 of their 13 games since the commencement of November, and we spot them increasing beardown arsenic the crippled progresses to snatch a constrictive victory.

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